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O'Brien:" In the Lake of the Woods", 1994.
Reviews Tim O'Brien's novel IN THE LAKE OF THE WOODS, in which O'Brien uses the Vietnam War to represent the theme of loss & compounds it by examining the personal losses of one of the War's veterans.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, $ 31.95
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"As in life, loss is represented in several ways in the novel In the Lake of the Woods by Tim O'Brien. This novel shows the way the Vietnam War still holds a grip on the American psyche and some of the reasons why this is so. The war itself represents a theme of loss for many, since it was the only war the United States could be said to have "lost," though some have tried to put a different spin on the withdrawal of troops from that country. The primary loss in the book, however, is personal loss, and the war becomes an instance to detail the loss one man experiences when his image of himself is shattered and when he loses his sense of right and wrong, his sense of personal virtue, and is left with a burning need to atone for something for which he does not believe atonement is possible. Because of this unresolved need within him, he loses much more over the years."
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Tim O?Brien?s ?The Things They Carried?, 2004.
This paper reviews Tim O?Brien?s ?The Things They Carried?, a novel that depicts the horrors of fighting in the Vietnam War.
2,600 words (approx. 10.4 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 78.95
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This paper explains that Tim O?Brien?s novel, ?The Things They Carried?,
illustrates that the greatest weight soldiers bear comes from nothing they can physically carry, but rather their emotions, grief, terror, and love. The author points out that O'Brien utilizes the composite novel form, which allows him to play with multiple settings, characters, the theme of storytelling, and even allusiveness, in a way that most fully incorporates the whole of humanity into his story. The paper relates that, through his unique narration, stylistic technique, and attention to detail, O?Brien captures the psychological aspects of war.
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"The psychological burden of war goes far beyond that of simply fighting. The struggle of staying alive was always emphasized after encountering a battle for which they found themselves alive. ?For the most part they carried themselves with poise, a kind of dignity. Now and then there were times of panic, when they squealed or wanted to squeal but couldn?t? (19). The fear of losing life was compounded by the idea of being a brave and courageous soldier. The fact of surviving always brought a sense of life to the soldiers. The psychological pressure of fighting and surviving was always followed with a sense of reassembling themselves as soldiers. O?Brien states that for the most part, the soldiers were ?afraid of dying but they were even more afraid to show it? (20). Coping with the pressure of war was discovered by way of telling jokes and creating a ?hard vocabulary to contain the terrible softness? (20). Their encounters with death were instances where ?irony was mixed with tragedy? (20). These statements illustrate how the soldiers did their best to cope with the psychological pressure of the war."
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Tim O?Brien, 2004.
A review of the literary works written by Tim O?Brien.
1,550 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 50.95
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This paper begins with a brief history of Tim O'Brien's life and background before he fought in the war in Vietnam. The writer then looks at the process that led O'Brien to become a writer from his time in Vietnam to his university years at Harvard. The paper looks at the recurring themes evident not only in ?If I Die in a Combat Zone?, but his other novels as well.
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"Fear and fears is also one of the center points of the novel. Obviously, in wars and in the Vietnam War in particular, the utmost fear is the fear of dying. However, surprisingly or not, the fear of dying seems to be occasionally surpassed by other fears. One of them is the fear of getting lost at night. As O?Brien puts it, this fear refers to the terrible sensation of ?of becoming detached from the others, of spending the night alone in that frightening and haunted countryside? . This description of the fear of getting lost draws an interesting angle on what collectivity is in a war. Practically, you begin to refuse your existence as an individual and begin to exist as a group, because, as the quote underlines, it is the fact of being separated from the others that is most traumatizing in getting lost."
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Tim O?Brien?s "The Things They Carried", 2004.
Analysis of the theme of truth in O'Brien's fictional novel, "The Things They Carried".
1,174 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 40.95
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This paper examines the theme of truth and the lack of truth in Tim O'Brien's fictional story about the Vietnam war. The paper looks at the message, delivered in O'Brien's story, that we should never trust what the government tells us about the war because no one knows for sure what really happened. To further illustrate the truth theme, the paper contrasts O'Brien's approach to truth depiction with the approach of Oliver Stone in "Platoon". While acknowledging that there are similarities in both authors' approach to truth depiction, the paper points out that there are significant differences too.
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"In most war stories, the main purpose of authors and directors is to represent the truth by building their works on universally known facts. Most of them try to stick with facts to lend more credibility to their fictional work. They would get inspiration from some real events and then mould them creatively to add their own views and ideologies. However in Tim O?Brien?s ?The Things They Carried?, the author has no such objective in mind. Instead he urges his readers to question the so-called truth that authorities give us. We are repeatedly reminded of the fact that this work is pure fiction that nothing is real and not a single event mentioned in the story ever took place in reality. The words ?real? and ?really? have been used frequently in the story to convince the readers of the authenticity of the details of every version and they are then quickly called into question little later."
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Tim O?Brien, 2006.
A review of Tim O'Brien's works on Vietnam.
2,501 words (approx. 10.0 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 76.95
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This paper mainly gives a personal perspective of Tim O'Brien, the author, focusing on his experiences in Vietnam. It discusses the shift in the tone of war writing, its views on combat and the outlook on war. It cites many of O'Brien's works to qualify this point. The paper manages to highlight that war literature is not to view the experiences of war only in historical and personal terms, but also to reflect the entire tension that was going on between the individual and the historical situation.
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"Tim O'Brien was not very happy that American conscience had been able to digest the events of Vietnam very well and the country had got back to a situation of being "normal". On his side, he had gone to the extent of saying that he wished that the country was a little more troubled. When the society in the country is normal, it means that the history has been removed from the public conscience, and also changed human nature where these events will no longer raise public protests. In the stories of war, there are the dreams and lives of individuals, fighting as soldiers, and are not only a set of data. This is important to note. Since the point is only to talk about the event without highlighting the results, is it not more difficult to raise public interest?"
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Hard Woods, Soft Woods and Paper, 2002.
This paper discusses the microscopic-level differences between hard and soft wood and the relationship the two types have to the production of paper.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 51.95
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Under the microscope, distinctions between coniferous (soft) or non-coniferous (hard) woods can be seen. Soft woods are, as a rule, more simple in construction than hard woods. The writer discovers that this is the reason soft woods are preferable in making paper.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Analysis of Hard and Soft Woods
History of Paper
Modern Paper Production
Recycled Paper
Conclusion
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"Paper is the dry sheet form of an aqueous deposit of any vegetable fiber. It has been in common use for so long, we often take it for granted. We forget that our trees are being cut down at an alarming rate to produce virgin paper. However, recycling processes are trying to slow this trend. The making of paper has been refined to almost art form; indeed, some people create handmade papers as an art. While it can be made from a variety of vegetable fibers, such as hemp and cotton, trees have long been the main source for the fibers."
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Four Hours in My Lai, 2004.
Summary and analysis of Tim O'Brien's book, "In the Lake of the Woods".
1,412 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 47.95
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This paper looks at Tim O'Brien's book, "In the Lake of the Woods", and how it illuminates issues that are reflected in other literature, both fictional and nonfictional, regarding the Vietnam War and its effect on those who had to fight it. The paper also cites other literary works that relate to the problems experienced by Vietnam veterans.
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"In the Lake of the Woods by Tim O'Brien is a novel that shows the way the Vietnam War still holds a grip on the American psyche and some of the reasons why this is so. The novel illuminates issues that ar reflected in other literature, both fictional and non-fictional, regarding the war and its effect on those who had to fight it. The My Lai massacre is not representative of American actions in the war, but it does hold a particular place in the effect that war had on those at home, a pubic that was horrified at some of the things being done in its name. This contributed both to the end of the war and to the unfortunate way many returning veterans were treated by an unforgiving public."
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John's Trials, 2002.
An analysis of the main character of Tim O'Brien's 'In the Lake of the Woods'.
1,435 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 47.95
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John Wade's life is analyzed in this essay which looks on the different issues in his life (his father, Vietnam, politics, magic) which have influenced his ways. These issues are related to the disappearence of his wife.
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"John Wade. Who is John Wade? He is a character from the book in the Lake of the Woods. He is a politician, magician, a scared little boy. Did Kathy Wade know who John Wade was? She probably did not, she loved but a projection of her hope. To know John Wade in the present we must look at and examine his past. Because past experiences and occurrences make a person who he is today. This essay will examine the character John Wade. Who is John Wade?"
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Bretton Woods System, 2005.
Examination of whether the Bretton Woods system helps or hinders the philosophy of globalization.
1,847 words (approx. 7.4 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 59.95
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The surge in globalization for the past two decades has exacerbated the gaps between rich and poor. It has also pointed out imbalances in rule-making, with those that favor market expansion becoming more robust and enforceable; among these are rules concerning intellectual property rights and trade dispute resolution. This paper explains that it is arguable that the Bretton Woods agreement was successful. It could easily be argued that it served to minimize the disparity, not enhance it, by virtue of the loan provisions. It could be argued that while the poor are always with us, so are the rich. The paper argues that the Bretton Woods agreements, in themselves, might be regarded as an unqualified success in the history of world economics; what has failed, however, is the construction of a world philosophy that would allow nations to enter into such agreements in the true sense of global prosperity Bretton Woods-in the waning days of the world's worst war following the world's worse economic era-sought to foster.
Introduction
Promoting International Monetary Cooperation
Maintaining Orderly Exchange Arrangements
Facilitating Multilateral Payments
Conclusion
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"The International Monetary Fund (IMF), the most essential outgrowth of the Bretton Woods conference in July, 1944, has drawn not only critics, but also protestors. In September, 2002, about 2,000 protestors were kept in line by police officers in Washington, D.C. Police took "649 people into custody while avoiding the mass violence that has marred other such demonstrations in recent years" (Franken et al 2002). At the time, finance minister of the Group of 24, also known as G-24, were meeting. Their task is to "coordinate the positions of developing nations on monetary and finance issues and to ensure that those positions are adequately represented to the IMF and World Bank." G-24 has eight member states in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. Also meeting were the finance minister of the Group of 7, or G-7, to discuss economic and financial issues of the major industrial nations-- Canada, Japan, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, the United States and Italy. The headquarters of the IMF is in Washington, D.C."
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"Death in the Woods", 2004.
A literary analysis of "Death in the Woods" by Sherwood Anderson.
1,049 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 36.95
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The purpose of this paper is to introduce, discuss, and analyze the short story, "Death in the Woods", by Sherwood Anderson. Specifically, it looks at the unity and beauty of the old woman's life in the story. The old woman's life in "Death in the Woods" is like an unbroken circle, and that is what makes it beautiful and unified. Her life certainly was not beautiful, but the fact that she totally understood her purpose and carried it out all her life is a beautiful thought, and her story, although tragic, is beautiful in its simplicity and function.
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"The old woman's story is sad and seems pointless at first, and at first glance, this short story seems the same. The old woman lives a terrible life, and dies a horrible death. Yet, there is beauty and purpose to her life, and to her story. Her only purpose in life is to feed those who are hungry, and she does this creatively, with little or no help from her husband and son. The author writes, "Starve, eh? Well, things had to be fed. Men had to be fed, and the horses that weren't any good but maybe could be traded off, and the poor thin cow that hadn't given any milk for three months" (Anderson 152). This is the woman's reason for being, and it has been her purpose her entire life."
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The Bretton Woods System, 2004.
An examination of the political conditions that influenced the inception and the collapse of the Bretton Woods system.
2,187 words (approx. 8.7 pages), 19 sources, MLA, $ 68.95
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The Bretton Woods system of international monetary management was set up after World War II and established the rules for commercial and financial relations among the world's major industrial states. This paper attempts to analyse to which political considerations precipitated the inception and then the eventual collapse of the Bretton Woods system.
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"Through loans and the Marshall Plan, money flowed into Europe; tariffs on American imports were put in place as a temporary measure to help in reconstruction. As a result, Europe was able to increase productivity and create a regional bloc that discriminated in favour of each other and against the United States. The extension of credit through loans and aid resulted in a deficit in the balance of payments in the United States, which was seen as necessary at the time 'if other countries, and especially those of Europe, were to build their reserves at the rate they did. The United States and the whole free world economy benefited by this' (Diebold, 1960:6). The end of the 1950s saw the end of exchange controls in Europe. "
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"Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening", 2005.
A review of Robert Frost's 'Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening' as interpreted by Rebecca Lukens.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 3 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper reviews the poem 'Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening ' by Robert Frost. According to this paper, this Rebecca Lukens defines this poem as perfect for children's education as it reflects the common everyday experiences of most children and highlights the beauty of such an experience.
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"Rebecca Lukens, in defining how children's poetry is distinct from poetry intended for adults, observes that: "Since much of childhood is spent in play, or in wonder at what is common and yet not commonplace, what surrounds children in their constantly unfolding world are the subjects of poetry" (Lukens, 239). In this context, this essay will argue that Robert Frost's "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening" represents an ideal work of poetry for children's education in that it depicts a common experience in a way that suggests the beauty of everyday experience."
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"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening", 2002.
An analysis of Robert Frost's use of contrasts, metaphors and contradictions in his poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening".
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 35.95
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This essay analyzes the poem by Robert Frost, "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," and explores the meanings of the contrasting words, metaphors, and contradictions. The poem is described as a darker description, one that indicates a mood of despair and loneliness, set in contrast to the quiet tranquillity of the scene.
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The Bretton Woods System, 2002.
Examines the Bretton Woods System, the post-war international monetary system- its birth, development, collapse, features and inherent flaws.
2,070 words (approx. 8.3 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 65.95
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This paper examines the post-war international monetary system, which was introduced to deal with the shortcomings of a freely fluctuating exchange rates regime. It starts by presenting the history of the Bretton Woods System (BWS) and its features. The paper then outlines the pre-requisites for the BWS to operate. A series of events that led to the collapse of the BWS are also studied alongside its inherent defect (the 'n'th country problem).
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"As early as 1942, the Americans and British shared common ground on international monetary matters. They were opposed to a system of freely fluctuating exchange rates, which they judged to have had adverse effects on the world economies on two counts, in the years immediately after World War I and in the 1930s when the Great Depression set in. They were also opposed to a system of absolutely fixed exchange rates. In addition, there was also a common view that unregulated and competitive trade restrictions were not beneficial to the international community. By contrast, both countries agreed that countries should be free to control certain capital transfers especially those of a short-term nature."
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'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening', 2007.
A review of the poem 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening' by Robert Frost.
873 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 31.95
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This paper reviews the well known poem by Robert Frost titled 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening'. The paper reports that Frost uses a specific situation to make a general comment on the course of life and the obligations faced by the speaker. The paper also discusses the use of iambic tetrameter, creating a lazy feeling that contributes to the idea that the speaker is tired and wants to go to sleep, and it imitates the regularity of the horse's hooves when the carriage is moving.
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"The horse is here treated as another sentient being, while Nature on a quiet evening is snow and woods. The snow creates a white background that the listener can picture and that thus has a purity that is disturbed by those moving through it. This image might also be seen as another representation of life, as a clean slate that the individual makes of what he can."
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